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Ben Yole (pictured) had 30 of the 91 starters that turned out to run in the nine races at last night’s Launceston harness race meeting. Yole finished the evening with a grand total of 1 winner, 3 seconds, and a third. And this is the bloke they say is Tassie’s premier trainer. David Hayes had […]
Ben Yole, the so-called premier trot trainer in Tasmania, presented 40 of the 61 runners at the Devonport meeting last night. He didn’t win a single race. Yole is a great trainer isn’t he? This is how he went. Race 7 Nine of the ten starters. He missed. Race 6 Eight out the ten. Missed. […]
Last night at Hobart trainer Ben Yole turned out 33 starters in just 4 races. He had 9 of 11 in the first race, 8 of 11 in the second, 6 of 12 in the third, and 10 of 12 in the fourth. Despite this huge numerical advantage, Yole won just two races, which only […]
I would like to make a bet with you. The bet is that the pacer Watchmylips, which got beaten almost 100 metres last Saturday at Melton but mysteriously didn’t get stood down, won’t be going to Tasmania for a spell at all. My bet is that the pacer with a clear problem will be going […]
https://t.co/uLJFiW45ly — ajbutterflyracing (@ajbutterflyrac1) March 8, 2021 Race 4 at the Hobart trots yesterday was a most curious affair. Ben Yole trained 8 of the 12 starters. Ray Pullen prepared 2 horses. Steven Lockhart and Todd Rattray turned out 1 each. Now most folk, including me, have been saying for a long time that […]
What you see here is the most blatant piece of cheating you could ever see on a racetrack. It is race 1 at Burnie last night. Ben Yole trains 10 of the 12 starters. The 1 horse Keep Playing is the $2.20 favourite. Mark Yole, the trainer’s brother, is its driver. No 2 My Ultimate […]
This is Ima Birubi Boy. He’s no champion, but he’s not a walker either. In January last year Ima Birubi Boy was sent south to Ben Yole in Tasmania to train on a lease deal as a 1.55.4 winner at The Creek just 3 months before. He had 18 starts for Yole and managed just […]
Ben Yole is a terrible trainer. The Tasmanian based harness racer wins premierships by his sheer weight of numbers, but Yole can’t actually train to save his life. You only need look at Sunday’s upcoming meeting at Hobart to see what I mean. Yole doesn’t have a single runner in the 2-year-old events; he has […]
Stewards inquired into an incident reported by Cadet Steward Mr J Steele regarding an incident that he allegedly witnessed in the stabling area subsequent to race 7 involving Mr R Pullen, the trainer of GIPSY TREASURE, and Ms S Gangell, the driver of BORDER CROSS. After taking evidence from Mr Steele, Ms Gangell, Mr Pullen […]
Ben Yole is untouchable in Tasmania. He gets done, the fields drop by a third. That means that the races do too. If the number of races drop, harness racing is rooted. That’s what the authorities believe. It is not true. No man is an island unto himself. Did Victorian racing end when Darren Weir […]
